Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-02

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The inteFieF, fhFszgh Kfaesg rtgeE. sd
Of pFohibftine Americam ooznpeeik5Dn
and egfpfpEfs withtn tie BRITISH terri /
tory. OF even 9a1s with bis dispaseh - |
the British Secretary of Stats Ter fhs /
C0lonteg NaF 6th, in66l. when thea
a8nda, mesliy Anerieans, we're oonzFe-
aated 81 Victor . and a. various pcints
On PuRst Ssznd, waiting for means Of
transportation 70 Fraser FiSeR, GovsFnoE
DoagiasiSnsda proclsmafton dsosarinR
~ emb4Fwe 81 said KivaE. exeept 30 ves
ssis and boats Of the Ha&gen Bay Con
pazy. without . sudeFsnss efst obtained
form The Custom H0zss 81 Victoria
Conditions we're fmpoeed "shat The
oSnsr waa 70 ssceive goods o@ly Of sue
Hads0n Boy Company, and that 20
afusA, ammnnift0u o. utensils Of var
sAeald Be carried 40 the river except
from the United Kingdom. No passsn-
gsFe % Be transported, exceDe these
who had Q license snd psFmit from
The Governments Of YsncouveF Ia
ard An satire pFohibitfoB 81
trade With tie natives. After fsur
teen DAYS fFsm date. tie viotstt0n
OF tue said proclamation sabisetsd the
boats and property 20 forfsIsufe. The
proelamation asasgtsd The sole right q
the Hndson's Bay Company 10 trade
WITH abe Indiaas II the British pass8e-
sions on the northwest ooaat Of Amsrios,
% the exclusion Of ell other persons,
Watcher British o. foreign.
To enforce this prDelsmation Cover
nor DsuRlas called int rs9aisition II.
~ ship Satellite, Captain James B. Pro-
vDat, II. n, who for several weeks main
tained q strict blockade Of the river.
Thfes hundred and four permits we're
issued. a number Of small crafts vera
seized, toReskeF With asTsfai small aAF-
goes Of merchandise.
IL announcing thess acts 10 the Brit
ish GOvsgnment MAY 10. 1859 Cover
nor Doaelas thua justified his course;
in the meantime, With she view 81 e
oaptnQ the greater evil Of compelling
people 10 have Fecourse 70 expediants for
snlefinG the e0untry b uniawfnl
Eneans. an striving 10 lsgafiBe The En-
trance Of gold miners into Fraser river
On certain conditions, which q enoe
assert the rights Of the Grown,
protest. the interests Of the Hudssn Bay
Company, and are intended 20 draw
the whole trade Of the gold district
through Fraser river, 70 this colony,
ehich viii proenFe iia supplies directly
fFem the mother eouRtry With those
views proposed an arrangement on the
following terms to the agoots Of the
United States PaetAs Mail Steamship
Company:
Il. That they should place the nsees-
eaEy steamers on the river. between the
mouth and the falls.
-. That they should carry the Had
son Bay Oompany's freight. and such
a. they permitted TO be shipped into
Fraser river, aud no other.
80. That they carry no passengers
exeept suoh - have secured . permit
and mining lieensa from the Govern
nent Of Vancouver Island.
That they pay 10 tbs Hudson Bay
Company, ~ aompensation, 90 tbs rate
Of 90 head money for each pass ngsF
carried into or upon Fraser River"
This hartman charges for freight
from Victoria 10 the mines we're also
regulated By this agreement
He concludes she dispatch; "rhe 90
iect OF all these measures 10 20 gain I =
eilitiss TO miners. aod 10 seeare the
trade Of the gold regions for our own
country, az 10 will otheHwise take the
direction Of the Columbia river into
AmeEis IN Oregon"
KxTKET OF THE KxcIrEMKET JULY 1. 1853
An IDEA Of the development OF she
Excitement" 10 admirably presented
IN letter Of Governor Douglas to the
Home Government early 10 July, 1858
FFem that document We learn that from
May 18th 10 July LIST, the records Of the
Victoria Custom House exhibited ar
rivals at that point OF - steamships, Q
sailing chips, IA deoked vessels, with
6lX passengers res orted. And 10 may
safely BE- added that large num-
bers came a. passengers whose names
found no place on those reported
lists. And TO this the feet ARRIVING 81
Puget Souud ports, probably quite as
numerous, landing their living oarRoos a.
WhatcOm, Port Townsend, Seattle, steil
scoom aud Olympia; nor must We for
get the overland gold seekers ionrneying
thithef from Oregon and Washington,
BY ell the mountain routes, and appro,
priatinR that great natafal channel of
Communication. the Oalumbia river
There was als0 vtst exsdas from Can.
ada, Minnesota and the Like St4tss.
Every part Of the globe contributed it's
dnnta IN this FaFnaF kahia akamnada